Author(s): Richard Bolden, Jonathan Gosling, Beverley Hawkins, Scott Taylor
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publish date: 2011-09-25
ISBN-10: 0199547653
ISBN-13: 9780199547654
Language: English
Description: Are leaders born or made? Does each society get the leaders it
deserves? How–and why–is leadership "rhetoric" different from
leadership in reality?
Leadership is one of the most talked about yet least understood
concepts in current business and society. This book explores how
theoretical models and views of leadership have evolved over time,
how leadership should be discussed from individual, organizational,
and societal perspectives, and the perennial dilemmas and emerging
perspectives of leadership. Positioning its discussion within a
multidisciplinary framework that touches on management, sociology,
philosophy, anthropology, history,… more…
deserves? How–and why–is leadership "rhetoric" different from
leadership in reality?
Leadership is one of the most talked about yet least understood
concepts in current business and society. This book explores how
theoretical models and views of leadership have evolved over time,
how leadership should be discussed from individual, organizational,
and societal perspectives, and the perennial dilemmas and emerging
perspectives of leadership. Positioning its discussion within a
multidisciplinary framework that touches on management, sociology,
philosophy, anthropology, history,… more…